Topic: Future of work
London-based global briefing publisher Monocle have recently released The Future of the Workplace, the first edition of their Design Dialogues podcast series. Tyler Brule, editor-in-chief of the publication looks at the economic recession’s impact on design and the affects of large and small scale companies pushing more employees to work for home.
In particular Monocle takes [...]
Catering to freelancers, commuters, and other digital nomads, DeskSurfer offers London residents a temporary workspace on-demand, and also allows those with spare space to rent their own desks for a flat rate of £5 per hour. Customers can simply log onto the DeskSurfer site to find the current availability of remote workspaces, and choose one [...]
An interesting new agency has just launched, that true to the times we live in, hopes to channelize the skills of experienced but laid-off talents from the advertising industry, as well as that of graduate students from advertising programs - people who just can’t seem to lay their hands on that elusive job, even though [...]
USA Today reports that due to shrinking job opportunities, a growing number of teens are starting their own business. The young entrepreneurs interviewed for the article say that they are learning far more about business (and often making more money) by going out on their own than they would have by taking on a traditional [...]
The Institute For The Future has developed a solid list of ten workplace skills for the future which emphasizes social networking skills, collaboration, pattern recognition, ability to deal with accelerated change and big picture thinking.
The skills:
Ping Quotient
Longbroading
Open Authorship
Cooperation Radar
Multi-Capitalism
Mobbability
Protovation
Influency
Signal/Noise Management
Head over to the Institute’s site for the details.
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The OfficePOD is a sleek, modern looking outdoor self-contained work environment designed to keep out distractions, and help you focus on getting work done at home. It’s aimed at telecommuters, who may be worried about the distractions that can come with working from home like yelling kids, pets, television and piles of dirty dishes. The [...]
We’ve found Robert Scoble’s recent post on how to social network when you’re laid off very relevant to our discussion regarding the future of work, and the emerging culture of perma-freelancing. The prolific blogger lays out 19 rock solid points of advice for anyone looking for work in this networked age. He emphasizes the need [...]
Proposed legislation compressing the working hours of employees of New York state agencies could add up to huge savings. Assemblyman Michael Gianaris is looking to require state agencies providing nonessential services to cut back their workweek to only four days. According to his calculations, trimming down work hours to 8-6 Monday through Thursday could save [...]
Chris Hardwick is a freelance writer, musician, voice over artist, stand up comedian and TV host among other things. That’s a lot of hats to wear and activities to juggle for any mere human. As a remedy to this busy, schizophrenic lifestyle of a freelancer, he recently tried to apply some of the methods of [...]
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